This Health Physicist vacancy is within Environment, Health and Safety / Radiation Safety Service and reports to the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). The University of Michigan (U-M) radiation safety program oversees over 450 posted radioactive material (RAM) research labs, a large and expanding academic medical system (#1 in Michigan), over 550 radiation-producing machines, occupational dosimetry for over 4,300 employees, and over 1,200 lasers.
The position provides technical expertise and guidance on the medical use of radioactive material and radiation-producing machines at U-M; it is primarily responsible for the development, management, and implementation of the radiation safety program at U-M Health, the University's cutting-edge academic medical system. U-M Health includes a growing 1,043-bed academic medical center and several offsite health centers and ambulatory care clinics throughout Southeastern Michigan, with a total employment of over 26,000. The U-M Health radiation safety program oversees four nuclear medicine clinics (diagnostic and therapeutic), two radiation oncology clinics, over 250 radiation-producing machines, and occupational dosimetry for over 3,300 monitored individuals.